AUS VS IND - 3rd T20I, India tour of Australia, 2018-19

India preserve their unbeaten run which now stands at 9 T20I series. It could've been better if not for the Melbourne rain, but that's how it goes. Both teams share the trophy. That's all from here. Onto the Tests now where the Adelaide Oval awaits. Until then, this is Sagar Chawla saying goodbye on behalf of Sriram, Hariprasad Sadanadan, Raju Peethala and our scorer Shashikant Singh.

Kohli, India captain: Things become pretty easy when those two (Shikhar and Rohit) guys do the job for us. We thought the wicket slowed down with the old ball. That's how T20 cricket goes. You lose momentum, you gain it. DK did really well at the end. Maxi and Zampa both bowled well, especially Maxi who has a gut feel of the batsmen. Overall, skill wise, we were better on the day than Australia. When our openers get into the zone they're difficult to stop. I come in at three and attempt to take us home. With the ball, we were more professional today. I thought it was a 180 wicket. Weather is uncontrollable. These are things you have to accept as a sportsman. A level series is a fair reflection of how the teams have played. Tonight also the fans were really loud and motivated us to the win.

Finch, Australia captain: They batted extremely well in the powerplay. Always tough to bring it back from 1/67. If we had few more runs, would've had a chance. The way that we fought was brilliant. Rohit and Dhawan are totally different styles of batsmen which is tough for bowlers. That's why they've been a great opening combination. Guys had a plan, just didn't execute in the middle overs with the bat. Still fair bit of work to do but we're going in the right direction which is nice. Feeling good for the Tests. Obviously a totally diffenrent format. Will get down to Brisbane and prepare for 5-6 days.

Dhawan, MoS: Guess they love me a lot and I'll make them cheer more *thigh-slaps* Tremendous to see Indian support. I'm sure they'll support us for the Tests too. It was fun. As a batsman, when you score it always feels good. It's good that we were able to draw this series.

Shikhar Dhawan is Man of the Series for scores of 76 and 41

Krunal, MoM: Feels great to contribute to a win. Was preparing myself after that first game where I went for runs. All the wickets were my favourite because I wasn't getting any wickets and they were hammering me in the first game. Best part of our team is that they back each and every player

Varun shammi: Kohli as always hungry for runs and DK as always playing a patient innings right to make a strong statement for the finisher's role. Never seen him play a bad shot these days.

21:15 Local Time, 11:15 GMT, 16:45 IST: Kohli back at his favourite No. 3 slot, and back to finishing run-chases for India. He runs down the pitch with his arms aloft which makes for some good slo-mo celebration replays. Things got a lot more closer than one would've thought after Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma had that blistering opening stand, as India's concerns with their middle order painfully announced their lingering presence again. Nevertheless, they had their captain to bail them out along with Dinesh Karthik towards the end. Whatever you think makes a typical Kohli innings, it was all there: those quickly run twos, the delightful flick shots, and probably the highlight - the lofted drive down the ground off Tye. The match was of course set up by India's spinners who stood out in limiting Australia to a gettable score on a slow pitch. For that, Krunal Pandya who took four wickets, gets the Man of the Match.

Tye to Kohli, FOUR, with the field up, he slogs this over midwicket and squares the series for India

Tye to Kohli, FOUR, all but sealed with a thumping slap down the ground. Kohli is all pumped, which is his default state, but still. Right in the slot for him, slams it back over the bowler's head. Tye missed his mark badly there

Tye to Kohli, no run, Kohli queries about a wide, but doesn't get anything from the umpire. Another slower short ball outside off, this sprang up off the pitch and appeared pretty wide too. Two dots to start

Harsha Bhogle: Top innings from Kohli but job not done yet

Tye to Kohli, no run, starts well. Slower short ball outside off, Kohli is deceived by it. He's through the pull too early

Andrew Tye, who was dismantled in the first game, will hope to do the improbable

Starc to Karthik, 2 runs, nice height on the short ball, that's no deterrent for Karthik who swings the pull away behind square. Leaves India with just five to get off the final over

Jaimin: Just look at karthik... Such a composed player. Has a certain calming influence while he is batting. This guy should be ahead of Pant and Parthiv Patel in Tests also..

Starc to Kohli, 1 run, clips it away through midwicket

Starc to Karthik, 1 run, now a delightful flick off the pads through square leg. Really coming into his own, Karthik, in these end overs, which is what he does

Starc to Karthik, FOUR, uses all of Starc's pace and slices this away through point. He went for a wide yorker there, almost nailed it, but the few inches he missed out on were absorbed so beautifully by Karthik to ramp up his timing

Starc to Kohli, leg byes, 1 run, beats him with pace. Very quick from Starc as he fires this on from round the wicket, hurries on from a length and smacks Kohli on the thigh as he falls over

Starc to Kohli, 2 runs, straying into Kohli's pads from round the wicket, sets up two more runs for the Indian captain who clips this effortlessly wide of long-on

Mitchell Starc [3.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack

Tye to Karthik, no run, half an appeal from Australia who are hoping that this has popped up straight off the boot. But the umpires don't bother to check. Karthik, shimmying down, is nearly yorked by a full and straight one from Tye. He squeezes it off a thick inside edge into the boot. Must have bounced into the pitch before that